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This is the first major research study that has indicated that e-cigarettes can benefit smokers. Published in the Lancet medical journal, the study involved 657 smokers who were given either e-cigarettes, nicotine patches, or placebo e-cigarettes (with no nicotine) for thirteen weeks. Only 5.7 percent of the participants quit smoking, with a slightly higher rate among e-cigarette category (though it wasn't statistically significant). The team did find that 57 percent of group using e-cigarettes smoked half as many cigarettes as they used to (41 percent of those using nicotine patches decreased their intake by half).